Quotes About Comedy

I wrote 'Pumpkins' with Bobby Moynihan and Streeter Seidell.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

I like Robo Shankar - he evokes laughter, he has a unique body language and style. I loved all scenes of his in 'Maari.'

I spent five years in Dublin as a stand-up, living on pea sandwiches. But at times I quite enjoyed the bohemian penniless existence.

All kinds of things have gone into my shows - cajun and rock bands, Bollywood, Kraftwerk tributes, effects and so on. As long as it services the comedy, everything is up for grabs.

Comedy is in my bones.

Before stand-up, I didn't even have an agent. Once I started doing stand-up - boom. I got an agent. In fact, I got three agents. I got a lawyer. Now I get taken seriously.

In 'Boomerang,' they didn't have a script at all, they just told me to come up with some stuff.

When we did 'Boomerang,' which is one of my favorite scenes, the whole dinner scene was ad-libbed.

Being in comedy you don't get any chance to be bored. You have a fun-filled day and at the same time enjoy the work.

My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss.

I remember before I did 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for drama. Once I'd done 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for a comedy.

I don't mind it so much if I get type cast as an authority figure. I get to do comedy no matter what it is, so it doesn't bother me.

For some reason, comedy just comes easily to me, and I feel like I can do it. I don't have any doubt. When I work on drama, there's always a sense of 'Did I find this person's truth at the bottom of this?' And it's hard to tell sometimes.

Bouncing ideas off people when you're thinking up comedy is great.

I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box.

People need to laugh and turn their brains off.

As for 'Garam Masala,' everybody knows what kind of film it is. It's the type where you keep your brains at home.

I would die of pleasure if 'The Day Today' or 'Brass Eye' came back. Though there's something really special about the fact that they only did one series of each.

It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.

It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny.

I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do and more often at what other people do.

I love the dark comedy in 'Breaking Bad.'

That's what I love about 'MADtv': If you exist, if you breathe, we will take you down.